Suspend help files are outdated
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu) |
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: ubuntu-docs
Suspend and hibernate in Fiesty don't work perfectly on all laptops, and a user will definitely be looking at ways to fix this.
Searching 'suspend', 'broken suspend', 'hibernate' and 'broken hibernate' in the yelp files doesn't yield any satisfactory results, just small articles on how to suspend.
This issue should be addressed, as it'll help make diagnosing easier.
I'm not really a technical expert yet, but I'll try and gather any available info on this.
The page here [1] seems to be outdated, and it's only for 6.06.
Another page [2] is quite complex, and with a 'BE AWARE THERE ARE KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THIS APPROACH' warning, it's not something you'd want to try out...
I found this blog page to be useful [3]. Especially Robin Battey's post near the top of the page, where he describes an easier way of setting it up, and, making the procedure look much nicer with splash screens.
If anyone can help me sort this mess out, I'd be really grateful. Broken suspend/hibernate really turns laptop users away.
[1] https:/
[2] https:/
[3] http://
Changed in ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Wolter Hellmund (wolterh) |
summary: |
- Suspend help files are outdated + Suspend help files are outdate |
summary: |
- Suspend help files are outdate + Suspend help files are outdated |
Changed in ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Fix Committed |
Changed in ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Fix Committed → Incomplete |
Changed in ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Wolter Hellmund (wolterh) → nobody |
Changed in ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Fix Released |
status: | Fix Released → Confirmed |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
With issues like this, there is a difficult balance to address. In some cases, the answer is that it's not for the documentation to fix, it's something that needs to be fixed with Ubuntu. In other cases, the issue is so widespread that it's helpful to include information about how to address it.
In this case, the issue is specific to certain models of laptop, and the proposed solution (uswsusp) is something that has been specifically rejected by Ubuntu developers for inclusion for reasons which we have to assume are sound. I don't think that we can include documentation to help.
What we can do is to ask people to submit a bug if suspend doesn't work on their model in the hope that this will permit the developers to improve the situation for the next release.